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First Love, Second Draft

This lighthearted and heartwarming Midwest romance is laugh-out-loud funny, especially during the text message exchanges, and the characters will feel like friends. Secular readers will also enjoy this chaste offering, similar to Famous for a Living by Melissa Ferguson and The Summer of Yes by Courtney Walsh.
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The Light on Horn Island

Based on a verse in the Book of Hebrews about entertaining angels unaware, Luesse’s (Letters from My Sister) latest brings the quintessential Southern novel to life with a touch of the supernatural and a ton of spunk. Fans of Rachel Hauck’s The Wedding Dress or the TV series Touched by an Angel will love the quirky characters and down-home wisdom in this book.
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The Voice We Find

Deese has penned another riveting novel, a sequel to The Roads We Follow, with swoony romance and anything-but-cookie-cutter Christian families. Audiobook fans will cheer at an insider’s glimpse into the industry, as will deaf readers, who get a thoughtful examination of the struggles and blessings of living in the quiet of a loud world.

This Promised Land

Gohlke (Ladies of the Lake) delivers another heart-stopping family drama that reminds readers that everyone is a prodigal searching for the way home. Infused with wry humor and the beautiful language of flowers and plants, many will see themselves in the brokenness of the Pickering-Boyden clan. Read-alikes include The Heirloom Garden by Viola Shipman and Leota’s Garden by Francine Rivers.
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Ambush

Coble (Fragile Designs) capitalizes on her success with Rick Acker in the “Tupelo Grove” series to create a new spin-off in the same southern Alabama setting. Romantic suspense fans will be drooling over this new offering and eager for more installments.
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Welcome to the Honey B&B

Equally hilarious and heart-rending, Carlson’s (The Christmas Tree Farm) novel draws on her own experience as a caregiver to provide a devastatingly real novel of deep, quiet faith in the face of a family’s worst fear. Pat Simmons and Katie Powner explore similar themes in Lean on Me and A Flicker of Light.
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Every Deadly Suspicion

Cantore (One Final Target) draws on her real-life experience as a police officer to write compelling thrillers that accurately portray cop life and also offer a deep thread of faith, along with interesting characters. Cantore fans will also enjoy DiAnn Mills, Elizabeth Goddard, and Cara Putman.

Midnight on the Scottish Shore

With shifting loyalties, a global geopolitical stage, family feuds, the legend of the Scottish selkie, and a forbidden romantic attraction, this novel has many of the best elements of historical fiction. Readers will also notice a few cameos from Sundin’s previous novels. For read-alikes, try the sweeping historical dramas of Amanda Dykes and Cathy Gohlke.
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A Constant Love

Peterson (“Heart of Cheyenne” series) always finds something new to highlight about the western United States, even with her prolific repertoire. She pens excellent villains who serve as foils for her romantic heroes, and each book is like a deep dive into the human psyche. Suggest read-alikes by Amanda Cabot and Sandra Dallas.
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